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Owen McCown threw three touchdown passes and ran for another, and UTSA beat Kennesaw State 28-16 on Saturday in the Owls' inaugural game as a Football Bowl Subdivision member. Davis Bryson hit Carson Kent with a 25-yard touchdown pass to pull Kennesaw St ate to 21-16 with 9:23 to play. But Bryson fumbled the ball on the Owls' next possession and nine plays later McCown connected with Oscar Cardenas on a 3-yard TD toss with 3:52 remaining. In the first half, McCown threw two short-yardage touchdown passes to Devin McCuin sandwiched between a 5-yard TD run. McCown finished 28-of-38 passing for 340 yards. McCuin had 11 catches for 79 yards.Kennesaw State's Austin Welch made field goals from 48, 34, and 31 yards. Bryson threw for 192 yards that inclu ded a 51-yard completion to running back Qua Ashley. The Owls will compete in Conference USA after spending last season in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The program started in 2015 and won three Big South Conference titles before joining the Atlantic Sun. It was the first meeting and the season opener between the teams. - AP College FootballrSo/2027 QB Owen McCown,Texas-San Antonio
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UTSA head football coach Jeff Traylor on Friday announced that the program has added Elliott Davison, a transfer from UIW, to the 2023 signing class, bringing the total to 24 student-athletes. Davison played three seasons for the Cardinals, appearing in 27 games over the past two years as a safety. He recorded 42 tackles, including 30 solo stops, collected six pass breakups and shared the team lead with three interceptions to help guide UIW to the semifinal round of the 2022 FCS Playoffs, finishing 12-2 and ranking as high as No. 5 nationally.Of the 24 signees, 16 hail from the state of Texas with seven from the Greater Houston Area, five from East Texas and two apiece from the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and Central Texas. There are two signees from Georgia and one each from Alabama, Hawai'i, Louisiana, Mississippi and Pennsylvania, as well as the program's first-ever player from American Samoa. - Texas-San Antonio FootballrSr/2025 FS Elliott Davison,Texas-San Antonio
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A week before being held out of UTSA's Cure Bowl game for undisclosed reasons, receiver Joshua Cephus rolled his vehicle in an accident near campus and is "suspected of DWI," according to a police report. The San Antonio Police Department said Tuesday th at the incident remains under investigation. UTSA's athletics department said Cephus has been suspended. The accident occurred at 3:25 a.m. on Dec. 9 near the university's main campus, at the intersection of Babco*ck Road and UTSA Boulevard. In a report f iled with the Texas Department of Transportation, an SAPD officer who responded to the crash wrote that Cephus was "suspected of DWI as he had been drinking."In another section of the report, the officer entered a numerical code indicating that al cohol was believed to be a "contributing factor" in the accident. Cephus, 21, suffered minor injuries but declined emergency medical assistance. The report says he was transported to 401 S. Frio St., the magistration center of San Antonio Municipal Court , to provide a blood specimen to determine his blood alcohol concentration. A magistrate sent him to a hospital to be medically cleared, SAPD said. The hospital was not identified. - Express-NewsrSr/2024 WR Joshua Cephus,Texas-San Antonio
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2022 ALL-CONFERENCE USA SECOND TEAM: LB Jamal Ligon, UTSA,...Ligon leads the Roadrunners with 85 total tackles to go with 40 solo stops, 4.5 tackles for loss, four quarterback hurries, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and a pass breakup. An honora ble mention performer last year and a C-USA All-Freshman Team pick in 2020, the junior linebacker from Tyler has logged 10 tackles twice this season, reaching double digits in the win at Middle Tennessee where he also forced a fumble, and also against No . 24 Houston. He caused a fumble in the 41-7 victory at Rice and recovered one a week earlier in the 51-7 triumph over Louisiana Tech. - Texas-San Antonio FootballrSr/2025 ILB Jamal Ligon,Texas-San Antonio
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2022 ALL-CONFERENCE USA SECOND TEAM: WR Joshua Cephus, UTSA,...Cephus, an honorable mention selection the past two seasons, landed on the second team this fall. The senior from Houston currently owns the UTSA single-season record with 87 receptions, whic h he has turned into 985 yards and six touchdowns. He has surpassed 100 receiving yards three times with a season-high 114 versus Texas Southern, 112 in the overtime win at Army and 106 against No. 24 Houston. Cephus owns a pair of 11-reception outings, both coming in victories over North Texas. - Texas-San Antonio FootballrSr/2024 WR Joshua Cephus,Texas-San Antonio
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2022 ALL-CONFERENCE USA SECOND TEAM: WR De'Corian Clark, UTSA,...Clark earned his first career all-conference certificate with a second-team selection this year. The senior wide receiver from Fort Worth was one of the most productive pass-catchers in the conference before suffering a season-ending injury against UAB on Nov. 5. He caught 51 balls for 741 yards - an average of 14.5 per reception - and eight touchdowns this fall. Clark exploded for a UTSA-record 217 yards and three scores on nine catches i n the 52-24 win over Texas Southern, and he also topped 100 yards with 139 on eight grabs in the victory at Middle Tennessee. - Texas-San Antonio FootballrSr/2025 WR DeCorian Clark,Texas-San Antonio
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2022 ALL-CONFERENCE USA FIRST TEAM: OL Ahofitu Maka, UTSA,...A second-team performer each of the last two seasons before landing on the first team this year, Maka has been the starter at center in all 13 games for one of the most prolific offenses in the nation. The senior from Honolulu, Hawai'i, has yet to allow a sack or a hit on the quarterback in 553 pass-blocking snaps according to Pro Football Focus (PFF), which also has graded the William V. Campbell Trophy finalist with a 98.2% pass-blocking eff iciency this fall. Maka has helped the Roadrunners rank ninth nationally with a league-leading 486.1 yards of offense per game. - Texas-San Antonio FootballrSr/2023 C Ahofitu Maka,Texas-San Antonio
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2022 ALL-CONFERENCE USA FIRST TEAM: QB Frank Harris, UTSA,...Harris, the 2022 Ryan C-USA Championship Game MVP and a second-team selection last year, has completed 305 of 429 passes for 3,865 yards, 31 touchdowns and a .711 completion percentage, and he also rushed for 588 yards - the most by a QB in a season - and nine TDs on 120 carries. The Schertz Clemens High School product owns seven 300-yard passing performances this fall - also a UTSA record - and set the single-game mark with 414 in the win at Middle Tennessee. The senior and four-time C-USA Offensive Player of the Week honoree this season ranks fourth nationally with a league-leading 342.5 yards of total offense per game. - Texas-San Antonio FootballrSr/2024 QB Frank Harris,Texas-San Antonio
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2022 ALL-CONFERENCE USA SECOND TEAM: P Lucas Dean, UTSA,...Dean collected his third career all-conference certificate with his second straight second-team nod. The senior from Australia is averaging 44.9 yards on 37 punts with 12 of 50-plus yards this fa ll. He has pinned opponents inside their 20-yard line 15 times and has induced nine fair catches while allowing only 13 returns. Dean averaged 60.5 yards on four punts and broke his own school record with a 76-yard bomb in the 52-24 win against Texas Sou thern. He averaged 47.3 yards on three kicks in the win at UAB that included a 70-yarder. - Texas-San Antonio FootballrSr/2024 P Lucas Dean,Texas-San Antonio
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2022 ALL-CONFERENCE USA SECOND TEAM: K Jared Sackett, UTSA,...Sackett earned the second-team selection at place-kicker in his final season as a Roadrunner after back-to-back years as an honorable mention pick in 2017-18. The Fort Worth native has made 21 of 26 field goals (80.8%) and all 58 extra-point attempts this season, marks that rank second on UTSA's single-season list. A five-time C-USA Special Teams Player of the Week honoree in 2022, he has made 13 of his last 14 field-goal tries and drilled th ree in a game in wins against UAB and Louisiana Tech. - Texas-San Antonio FootballrSr/2023 K Jared Sackett,Texas-San Antonio
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2022 ALL-CONFERENCE USA FIRST TEAM: DL Brandon Brown, UTSA,...Brown, an honorable mention and C-USA All-Freshman Team pick last season, has registered 20 total tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, two quarterback hurries and a forced fumble as the s tarter at nose guard on UTSA's deep defensive line rotation. The Katy, Texas, native had three stops in the win over WKU and also versus No. 20 Texas, and he logged 1.5 sacks and a forced fumble against No. 24 Houston. - Texas-San Antonio FootballrSr/2025 DT Brandon Brown,Texas-San Antonio
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2022 ALL-CONFERENCE USA FIRST TEAM: DB Corey Mayfield Jr., UTSA,...Mayfield developed into one of the league's top cornerbacks in his final campaign with the Roadrunners. The North Forney High School product has registered 60 tackles, four tackles for lo ss, a pair of sacks, three interceptions, 12 pass breakups and a forced fumble this fall. His three picks came in consecutive wins over FIU, North Texas and UAB in the middle of the season, matching a then-school record in the process. The school record holder for career games played at 60 knocked away a season-high three passes in the first win against North Texas and recorded sacks in road triumphs over UAB and Rice. - Texas-San Antonio FootballrSr/2023 CB Corey Mayfield Jr.,Texas-San Antonio
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2022 ALL-CONFERENCE USA FIRST TEAM: DB Clifford Chattman, UTSA,...Chattman emerged as a playmaker at safety for the Roadrunners in his first full season as a starter. The senior from New Orleans has posted 68 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and 13 pass bre akups to go with a school record-tying four interceptions in 2022. He recorded a season-high 11 stops and a key PBU in the end zone in overtime of UTSA's 41-38 victory at Army and he has set the UTSA standard with interceptions in each of his last four c ontests. Chattman turned in nine tackles in both victories over North Texas this fall. - Texas-San Antonio FootballrSr/2023 FS Clifford Chattman,Texas-San Antonio
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2022 CONFERENCE USA ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM: DT Tai Leonard, UTSA,...Leonard has earned his way into UTSA's deep defensive-line rotation as a true freshman out of perennial prep powerhouse Galena Park North Shore. He has nine total tackles, three solo stops, a half-tackle for loss and two quarterback hurries in nine contests this fall. The Houston native made a pair of tackles in wins over UAB and LA Tech and was in on a stop behind the line in the victory against Texas Southern. - Texas-San Antonio FootballJr/2026 DE Tai Leonard,Texas-San Antonio
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2022 CONFERENCE USA ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM: RB Kevorian Barnes, UTSA,...Barnes burst onto the scene as one of the top rushers in the league midway through the season. The redshirt freshman from San Augustine, Texas, has piled up a team-high 713 yards and six touchdowns on 114 carries, good for an average of 6.3 yards per attempt. He also has caught nine passes for 103 yards, an 11.4-yard average. Barnes owns four 100-yard games this fall with 128 yards and two TDs in the win at FIU, 114 yards and a score in the double-overtime victory at UAB, 103 yards and a pair of touchdowns in the 51-7 rout of LA Tech and a season-best 175 yards and a TD in the 48-27 triumph over North Texas in the C-USA Championship Game. - Texas-San Antonio FootballrJr/2026 RB Kevorian Barnes,Texas-San Antonio
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